Using horses in backcountry searches: 'Horses smell everything'

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In this June 14, 2013 photo, George Ehmer tightens a halter on his Appaloosa gelding named Joker, an air-scent trained horse, on his property near Milton-Freewater, Ore. Horsewoman Kate Beardsley of Redmond and Laurie Adams of Camp Sherman are assembling a team of a dozen air-scent trained horses and riders that they hope eventually will be deployed around the Northwest when hunters, hikers and others go missing. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Richard Cockle) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT